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D. H. PHIPPS.

Broom Holder.

No. 243,614. Patented June 28, 1881.

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UNITED STATES DAVID H. PHIPPS, OF ONEIDA, NEW-YORK, ASSIGNOR TO W.

J. BARNETTE,

OF UNITED STATES NAVY.

BROOM-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 243,614 dated June 28, 1881.

Application filed May 9,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID H. PHIPPS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oneida,

, in the county of Madison and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Broom-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain novel improvements in devices for supporting brooms;

It has for its object to avoid the necessity of resting the straw portion of the broom against the wall, which tends to mar or disfigure the latter, or to rest the same upon the floor,which tends to distort and bend the straws and with these ends in view myinvention consists of a broom-holder composed of sheet or cast metal in one piece, having one side turned outward at right angles, and provided with a bowspring, and its opposite side curved forward to conform in shape to the cross-section of a broom-handle, and having its ends formed into steps, by means of which the device maybe secured toa block or the wall, so as to hold the broom out of contact therewith, as will be hereinafter in detail described.

To enable others to make and use my improved broom-holder, I will proceed to describe the construction and operation, referring by letters to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved holder secured to a block and attached to the wall, and with a broom held therein, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device free from any attachment.

Similar letters denote like parts in the several figures.

A representsa metallic or otherholder, preferably of the form shown in cross-section, one edge being bent in a curve and the other at about right angles to the back. 7

B is a bow or other suitably-shaped spring,

secured in place by a screw or rivet at one end, and adapted to compress the handle 0 of the broom between itself and the opposite side of the holder.

The two ends of the holder A are formed with steps D, having screw-holes a a, by means of which the device may be secured directly to a wall or partition or to a suitable block, E, in such manner as to hold the broom in parallelism with the wall and out of contact therewith.

I do not wish to confine myself to the exact shape in cross-section of the holder, as it may be varied in this particular without departing from the spirit of my invention, nor do I wish to confine myself to any particular material for making the same, though I prefer to use cast or sheet metal.

While my invention is specially adapted to house-brooms, it may be readily adapted to hold clothes-brooms, feather-dusters, longhandled rakes, shovels, and the like.

It will be observed that by reason of the' open front of the device the handle of a broom, 850., may, according to its size, be introduced laterally or vertically, and that the whole device is very simple and economic in construction, and very readily cleaned. I

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The improved broom-holder composed of a single piece bent or fashioned into the form shown, and provided with a friction-spring, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two sub scribing witnesses.

. DAVID H. PHIPPS.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. OSTRANDER,

W. E. NORTHRUP. 

